India saves Rs 5,000 crore on filling strategic oil reserves
The storages at Mangalore and Padur were half-empty and there was some space available in Vizag storage as well. These were filled by buying oil from Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Iraq.
Year: 2020
India, Australia upgrade their ties
Modi, Morrison conclude nine pacts including a Mutual Logistics Support Agreement
Declining trends in multilateral peace operations
Declining trends in multilateral peace operations continued in 2019;
attention shifting towards the Middle East and North Africa
President Kovind talks to Georgian President Zourabichvili
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The Baloch national movement and the options for India
The Balochis have been at loggerheads with the Pakistani rulers for several decades, demanding independence on the grounds that Balochistan was forcibly occupied by Pakistan on 27th March 1948.
New Ebola outbreak detected in northwest Democratic Republic of the Congo;
New outbreaks of Ebola are expected in the Democratic Republic of the Congo given the existence of the virus in an animal reservoir in many parts of the country.
Chinese fighters flying 30-35 kms from Eastern Ladakh, India watching closely
India had scrambled its Su-30 MKI in the first week in May when an Indian Army chopper and Chinese chopper were close to each other in the air.
Turkey and Russia Are at War, and Libya’s the Loser
The failed siege of Tripoli is an opening for peace, but only if the outside players end their proxy war.
As civil unrest rages in US, world watches uneasily
Burning cars and riot police in the US featured on newspaper front pages around the globe Sunday — bumping news of the COVID-19 pandemic to second-tier status in some places.
India expels officials from Pakistan High Commission
By IAR Desk India on Sunday, May 31, expelled two officials from the Pakistani High